Infinity Pool @ Kilamanjaro Hotel

Rooftop of Kilamanjaro Hotel

Kilamanjaro Hotel

This is where President Bush resided during his stay in Tanzania a
couple of weeks ago.

I hope to come back soon and spend a few nights here myself!

Dr. Donath Olomi

This afternoon we were also able to meet with Dr. Olomi once again at
the University.

As Director of the Entrepreneurship Center (UDEC) and a senior
lecturer, he chose to speak to us about the "Opportunities &
Challenges for Social Entrepreneurship in Tanzania." This generated
additional discussions on SIDO, TechnoServe, as well as other programs/
companies.

It was refreshing to learn how inter-linked all if these iniatives
are. This strategy will prove invaluable for Tanzania.

The Ministry of Industry, Trade & Marketing

Later on we met with Director Massawe and his team at The Ministry
Industry, Trade & Mktg.

The presentation focused on the initiatives they have in place to
promote SME's, the role of the Gov't in supporting these enterprises,
and the Small Industries Development organization (SIDO). Right now
SIDO is committed to the following challenges: Poverty Reduction &
Growth, Developing SME's, and Dealing with the Competition.

I'm really intrigued to learn more about SIDO & possibly look into how
we could form a connection with them to supply market research
support / expertise because this identifies as an area where they were
disadvantaged.

Day Seven

This morning we had the opportunity to meet with Alex Mkindi, Director
of TechnoServe in Tanzania. He traveled 11 hours on a bus from
Southern Tanzania just to meet with us!

We really have been received extremely well here in Dar Es Salaam -
everyone seems genuinely interested in sharing with our groups of
students & making a strong connection to Pace through this inaugural
program. Which reminds me, I forgot to tell you that we were in the
NEWS!! A couple nights ago, we were featured on the 6, 8, and 10
o'clock news here - showcasing our meeting with Ambassador Mengi. AND
yesterday there was an article in The Guardian about us!

Back to TechnoServe... With a mantra like, "A hand up, is always
better than a hand out," you know that this organization really wants
to build up its people. And they do this by working with local
farmers to help improve their means of production & distribution.

The session was great - Mr. Mkindi walked us through 3 different
sectors of value chains in agriculture which they have been able to
improve: Bananas, Coffee, and Cashew nuts.

In the case of bananas, TechnoServe was able to condse the value chain
by removing some unnecessary "middle men" - which also helped to
improve efficiency & gain more value if returns for these farmers.